Schutz earns Grand Champion honors at Ak-Sar-Ben
Amanda Schutz exhibited the Grand Champion Market Steer at the 2008 Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H Livestock Exposition held over the weekend at the Qwest Center in Omaha. Exhibitors came from eight eligible states of Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. Schutz first won Class 4 with her 1,331 pound crossbred steer. She then went on to win the Division I honors and was then chosen by Dr. Kelly Burns of Brookings, SD, as the overall Grand Champion later on Saturday afternoon. On Sunday, Schutz and her calf, Kearney, led the Ak-Sar-Ben Blue Ribbon Auction at the Qwest Center.
Homecoming activities began for Arapahoe High School Monday evening with the traditional bonfire event.
King and Queen candidates are Amy Breinig, Hope Scott, Cathy Paulsen, Norma Diaz, Dillon Breinig, Dalton Hyke, Junior Dunn and Dane ten Bensel. Coronation will be held Friday afternoon at 1:00 followed by parade, pep rally, volleyball and football games with Wilcox/Hildreth. (Mirror-Photo by B. Moore)
Weekly Devotional
A Life Worthwhile
Psalms 139:14, “I will praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are your works, and that my soul knows very well.”
This is a verse I like to go to when I feel like life is meaningless and I have nothing to offer the world and the world has nothing for me. The Psalmist tells us that we are wonderfully made. God took His time to make us wonderful. When we tell ourselves that we are useless, then we are telling God that He made a mistake. And as we know, God doesn’t make mistakes. We can see in the Psalms who David turned to in times of need and in times of doubt. He turned to God in prayer. And God listened!
1 John 4:9 tells us, “By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him.” With this kind of love, we have no reason to feel useless or to feel sorry for ourselves. God has given us His Son and we need to show we are worthy by living through Him (Jesus). Praise God, we live a life that is worthwhile.
Dale Whitson, Pastor
First Baptist Church, Holbrook